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Ellsworth Kelly

Blue/Black (G. 236, A. 67)

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000
$10,080
Lot Details
Lithograph in colors, on Arjomari paper, with full margins.
1970
I. 20 x 20 1/2 in. (50.8 x 52.1 cm)
S. 36 x 34 3/8 in. (91.4 x 87.3 cm)
Signed and numbered 59/75 in pencil (there were also 9 artist’s proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.

Ellsworth Kelly

American | B. 1923 D. 2015
Acting as a vital contributor to the Abstract movement, Ellsworth Kelly focused on color and composition. Becoming inspired by ornithology and the bold coloring of birds, Kelly used a two or three pigment color palette — painted flatly and geometrically — on his canvases. While living in Paris, the artist used Monet's late works as a base for experimenting with expressionism and serial work
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